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1、第五模拟(时间：120分钟 满分：120分)选择题部分第一部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最佳选项。A（2021广西南宁市高三一模） Richard Ripley knows he wouldnt be the man he is today without one special woman.Richard and his brother, Kevin, were placed into disparate adoptive homes at a young age because of t
2、heir parents deep drug addiction. Kevin was placed with the Ripley family while Richard went to live in four separate homes over the course of three years, suffering abuse along the way. Richard and Kevin only saw each other every few months, but during their visits, Mrs. Ripley grew to care for Ric
3、hard, too.“Mrs. Ripley would take us for lunch at McDonalds as Kevin always liked the food, and when she first noticed the scars all over my body,” Richard wrote. “She immediately made arrangements for me to join their family.” Unfortunately, Mr. Ripley passed away from cancer shortly after Richard
4、joined the family. But even in the face of hardship, Mrs. Ripley never once considered parting with Kevin or Richard.“Nobody would have blamed her for taking us back. But instead she took us to court and made it permanent,” Richard continued. “She must have been super stressed, but thats not at all
5、what I remember. I just remember the words that she gave me. It was always: Youre smart. And Youre handsome. And You survived all bad things because youre strong. There are very few forces as powerful as a mothers love.”Thanks to her unfailing love and guidance, Richard grew up to be the strong, suc
6、cessful man she always knew he could be. He joined the Marines (海军陆战队). and graduated from law school! And, of course, his mom was always there by his side, celebrating right along with him.Now, as a parent himself, Richard couldnt be more grateful to the Ripleys for making his life worth living and
7、 giving him a future to look forward to.1What does the underlined word “disparate” in paragraph 2 mean?AWealthy.BFaraway.CDifferent.DLarge.2What made Mrs. Ripley decide to adopt Richard?AThe abuse he suffered.BKevins sincere request.CThe death of her husband.DThe blame from others.3Which word best d
8、escribes Mrs. Ripley as an adoptive mother?ADemanding.BEncouraging.CAmbitious.DCreative.4What can we learn from Richards story?AMan must be strong.BHard work pays off.CWhere there is love, there is hope.DKindness makes ones soul noble. B（2021萍乡市湘东中学高三一模） Chinas ban on the domestic sale and processin
9、g of ivory(象牙) and its products took effect on Sunday, at the very beginning of 2018, making good on a commitment Chinese authorities made last year.The move, which effectively closes one of the worlds largest ivory markets, has been supported by conservationists as a crucial step toward combating e
10、lephant poaching.This ban alone wont end the poaching of elephants, Ginette Hemley,senior vice-president of the World Wildlife Fund, said in a statement. Its equally critical that Chinas neighbors follow suit and shut down ivory markets across Asia. Only then can we ensure the open trade doesnt simp
11、ly shift to other countries for newly-poached ivory.Chinas ban on the domestic ivory trade follows a similar measure adopted in the U.S. in 2016, when the Fish and Wildlife Service set a ban to reduce the movement of ivory within U.S. borders. Both the U.S. and China had been negotiating on their pr
12、oposed ivory regulations since 2015.An international ban on the commercial ivory trade was established in 1990 but that rule hasnt exactly achieved all its aims.Wildlife experts had thought that the international ban on ivory trade would slow or even stop the killing of elephants for their tusks. Ho
13、wever, the killing got worse. Thats mostly because the ban didnt cover older ivory, Joyce, a journalist, reported, noting that ivory taken from elephants before the ban was still legal to trade. So people are still killing elephants but passing off their ivory as old.That has had disastrous effects
14、for elephants. Over the span from 2007 to 2014, for instance, there was a decline of roughly 144,000 animals in seven years.Still, there have been some signs of hope for the campaign against elephant poaching: Prices for the animals tusks in China had dropped from $2,100 per kilogram in 2014 to just
15、 $730 per kilogram in March 2017. And this, at least, is offering conservationists reason for cautious optimism assuming the Chinas ban is enforced effectively.5What did Ginette Hemley mean?AThe poaching of elephants will never be banned.BChina should put a more effective ban on ivory trade.COther countries in Asia should ban ivory trade.DChinas neighbors will threaten Chinas ivory market.6What happened after an international ban was established?AMore old elephants were killed.BMore ivory was sold as old ivory.CThe number of elephants increasedDPeople pulled off old elephants ivor
